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Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area
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It has been said that a picture is worth a thousand words.  Please visit the Photo Gallery page and explore some of the many scenic, natural and cultural resources which make Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area the treasure it truly has become.

If you take any photos while visiting Big South Fork that you would like us to share with others on the Internet, please send them to us!  For consideration, a photo must be taken in the park, be of high quality, and be pertinent to the natural, scenic, scientific, or cultural resources of Big South Fork.  Please follow the photo submission link for additional information.

 
Shot from video of gorge fly thru
Famfive Productions
Scene of the O&W bridge as viewed on the gorge fly thru

Fly the Big South Fork River Gorge

Recently television station WBIR out of Knoxville, Tennessee produced a 30 minute video on the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. As a part of the video Famfive Productions flew through a section of the Big South Fork River gorge from the O&W bridge south along the river for a distance of 2 to 3 miles to the mouth of Pine Creek. 

Come fly the gorge and look up at the rim.

 

 
 
Yahoo Falls drops 113 feet.
Steve Seven
Yahoo Falls, Kentucky's highest waterfall drops 113 feet to the pool below.
Yahoo Falls Roars

In early May, 2009 the Cumberland Plateau received several inches of rain in a very short time period.  In addition to raising the Big South Forkflow rate to over 45,000 cfs, the rains also turned the normally quiet Yahoo Falls in to a raging torrent.  The following link will show you another, rarely seen, side to Yahoo Falls.
Park interpreter presents program on Longhunters.  

Did You Know?
Longhunters were some of the first Europeans to traverse the Big South Fork region. It is said they were called longhunters either for the long rifles they carried or because the were typically gone on hunting trips for so long, sometimes up to a year.

Last Updated: May 04, 2009 at 19:20 EST